Interesting proposal from the Australian Greens: a new role to sit within the Australian Human Rights Commission, solely focused on upholding Australian citizen’s digital rights.
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In putting together the Paranoid Conspiracy-Theorist’s Guide To Online Privacy & Security, Make Use Of covers a wide range of topics, and offers tips to make your time online more secure.
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The Federal Election is coming up fast, and here at Digital Rights Watch we wanted to delve into where each of the major political parties stand on key issues relating to digital rights.
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Internet shutdowns happen when governments order companies to cut off access to communications tools — like Twitter, SMS, or Facebook. Unfortunately, companies often comply with these government orders, even when they happen during elections.
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As Ghana threatens to cut off social media during elections, human rights organizations rally to #KeepItOn globally
GLOBAL—Today Access Now, along with nearly 70 organizations from five continents, launched the #KeepitOn campaign to fight internet shutdowns worldwide. Other groups include Association for Progressive Communications, Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan, Human Rights Watch, Bytes for All, Electronic Frontier Foundation, iFreedom Uganda, Internews, Hivos, Arab World Internet Institute, Digital Rights Watch Australia, Bits of Freedom, La Quadrature du Net, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, and many more. The full list is available on the campaign website: https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton/
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The Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a 12 month public inquiry into Australia’s intellectual property system.
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